Traveling School Test Administrator - Part Time

RTI International; United States; Remote; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount program

Reimbursable travel time and mileage

Job summary

RTI International is seeking part-time Traveling School Test Administrators to administer school-based computerized assessments for TIMSS. This role involves traveling across the contiguous United States, meeting with school personnel, and delivering in-person assessments using Chromebooks and RTI equipment.

The position pays $21 per hour, with travel time and mileage reimbursed. This is a remote, part-time opportunity supporting the TIMSS study through coordination with hundreds of schools

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel across the contiguous United States
• Part-time availability and flexibility to travel as required
• Ability to administer computer-based assessments and work with students

Responsibilities

• Traveling throughout the U.S. to assigned regions to reach assigned schools
• Traveling overnight, as required to broader geographical areas
• Meeting with local principals or district personnel as needed to gain cooperation
• Administering computer-based assessments to students in-person in schools
• Contacting schools to discuss the study, answer questions, confirm participation and review/set up assessment logistics
• Collecting confidential information and administering standardized questionnaires
• Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
• Managing travel logistics
• Tracking parental permission results, communications with school coordinators, and logging updates related to logistics
• Reporting progress and problems to your supervisor during weekly conference calls and/or as needed
• Using a RTI laptop computer for project activities, including entering information in web-based systems, viewing electronic reports, and sending/receiving email
• Setting up Chromebooks and access points to establish connectivity and troubleshoot other technical issues
• Reading text verbatim from paper documents and the computer
• Promptly transmitting data after student sessions

Job description

Traveling School Test Administrator - Part Time

#3320

Remote, United States

Travel throughout the contiguous United States

The pay rate for this position is $ 21 /hour. Hourly wage is based on experience and geographical location.

• Access to an employee discount program
• Reimbursable travel time and mileage

RTI International is seeking part-time Traveling School Test Administrators to administer school-based computerized assessments for the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international assessment of fourth and eighth grade students’ achievement in mathematics and science. TIMSS provides a unique opportunity to compare U.S. students’ mathematics and science knowledge with that of their peers in countries around the world. TIMSS is sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and conducted in the United States by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education.

RTI International is a non-profit research organization contracted to collect the data. This position is with the school recruitment team, and we are responsible for obtaining cooperation of over 300 schools across the country including public, private, and Catholic schools.

External Description

Traveling School Test Administrators are responsible for:

• Traveling throughout the U.S. to assigned regions to reach assigned schools
• Traveling overnight, as required to broader geographical areas
• Meeting with local principals or district personnel as needed to gain cooperation
• Administering computer-based assessments to students in-person in schools
• Contacting schools to discuss the study, answer questions, confirm participation and review/set up assessment logistics
• Collecting confidential information and administering standardized questionnaires
• Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
• Managing travel logistics
• Tracking parental permission results, communications with school coordinators, and logging updates related to logistics
• Reporting progress and problems to your supervisor during weekly conference calls and/or as needed
• Using a RTI laptop computer for project activities, including entering information in web-based systems, viewing electronic reports, and sending/receiving email
• Setting up Chromebooks and access points to establish connectivity and troubleshoot other technical issues
• Reading text verbatim from paper documents and the computer
• Promptly transmitting data after student sessions